A man’s body was found Tuesday on Bardstown Road in Louisville, police said.The body was found in the back seat of a gold-colored Buick in a back lot behind Chuck Rubin Photographics, and a witness said the discovery was not only disturbing but suspicious.“I looked in the back window and saw carpet with maggots all over it,” Rubin said.Rubin said the body appeared to have been in the car for a while.“When I came here this morning around 7 there was a really bad smell out there and I thought it was the garbage,” Rubin said.Witnesses said the body might be of a missing man.“A fella came into the store asking if we knew anything about the car because the guy who owns it had been missing since Friday,” Rubin said. “What I was told is that he was an EMT. He went to a local club, and somebody there asked him for a ride. He gave them a ride and that’s the last anybody saw of him.”At this point, police have ruled the case a death investigation, not a homicide.Rubin said he’s still in disbelief the discovery was made so close to his business.“It’s pretty awful,” he said. “I mean, it’s scary. First, I feel terrible for the guy’s family.”The victim’s identity has not been released.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 574-LMPD.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

A man’s body was found Tuesday on Bardstown Road in Louisville, police said.

The body was found in the back seat of a gold-colored Buick in a back lot behind Chuck Rubin Photographics, and a witness said the discovery was not only disturbing but suspicious.

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“I looked in the back window and saw carpet with maggots all over it,” Rubin said.

Rubin said the body appeared to have been in the car for a while.

“When I came here this morning around 7 there was a really bad smell out there and I thought it was the garbage,” Rubin said.

Witnesses said the body might be of a missing man.

“A fella came into the store asking if we knew anything about the car because the guy who owns it had been missing since Friday,” Rubin said. “What I was told is that he was an EMT. He went to a local club, and somebody there asked him for a ride. He gave them a ride and that’s the last anybody saw of him.”

At this point, police have ruled the case a death investigation, not a homicide.

Rubin said he’s still in disbelief the discovery was made so close to his business.